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by Karen O'Neill
Parking Problems at SMC
Last week I received the Resident
Students Transportation Survey spon­sored
by the Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland’s Regional
Rideshare Program and St. Mary’s
College of Maryland. This event was
particularly exciting for me as I am a
resident and occasionally I am trans­ported.
(Also, the survey was printed
on colored paper-an unattractive deep
peach shade.) As the form was to be
turned in on October 9th and I found it
on the 13th, I decided that my valuable
opinion might be submitted too late to
make a difference. So, I decided to
whine about the parking situation in
The Point News. (Aren’t you lucky? I
could have gone to the SGA. You ’11 be
begging for more after reading this
witty, action-packed commentary.)
Anyway, when I saw this survey I
(from GUILD, page 4)
be allowed to happen.
The Cinema Guild asks only that
the executive board treat us with the
same objectivity with which we have
treated them. Their actions have spo­ken
very loudly, and they say that they
have been dead set on smashing the
Cinema Guild from probably before
the schoolyear began, regardless of
increased studentinterest or how much
money we spend. The executive board
is not supposed to consist of selfish
was immediately reminded about my
frustration with parking at SMC (ac­tually
my roommate’s ranting about
the parking situation and the hideous
color of the survey paper reminded
me).Thesurvey asked profound ques­tions
like “Have you ever left campus
and returned to find no spaces avail­able
in your preferred lot?” Well, gee,
if everyone found spaces in their pre­ferred
lot, there would never be cars
parked in Outer Hell. (Sorry-thepark-ing
lot located conviently behind the
maintenance building. Valet parking
will be offered during the holiday
season for those of you who truly wish
to give rather than receive.) Person­ally,
I like parking in a lot eons away
frommy roomfor the low, lowprice of
$50. Perhaps, I should pay the college
more money for the added bonus of
connivers. Selfishness has no place in
a public office. They, and senators
who vote against the Cinema Guild,
are not at all acting in the public inter-est-
again, they were never asked.
Despite the outcome of the vote, the
CinemaGuild will notsimply lay down
and die, as the executive board seems
to think. Films for this semester are
already booked and paid for, and their
cancellation will adversely affect the
prices of both Film Committee and
TV-6 films. Since they were all pur-the
lot being as yet unpaved. I enjoy
driving through potholes the size of
the national deficit (I’ll never be on a
Toyotacommercial now; I have trouble
feeling anything after I accidentally
raced to Outer Hell at the life-threaten­ing
speed of ten miles an hour.) I
should think the obvious solution to
this problem would be BRICKS,
BRICKS, BRICKS. (Sorry, I couldn’t
help myself.) I’m going to leave the
security aspect of parking in that par­ticular
lot alone because ourcampusis
being professionally evaluated. (Of
course, the poor consultant may not
survive his descent into Outer Hell;
hope he didn’t eat lunch beforehand.)
Another probing question on this
survey was “Have you ever received a
parking citation on campus?” Proudly,
I checked off that Yes response. I
chased together, the school was able
to get a volume discount However, if
the volume lessens, so will the dis­count.
So, for this semester, at least, it
really is in “the best interest” for the
SGA to leave the Cinema Guild alone.
Let the Cinema Guild finish out the
year. If the Cinema Guild’s part of the
bargain is not filled by the end of the
year, there will be no fighting to keep
theclub. A deal is a deal. We’re adher­ing
to it. SGA, keep your end too.
sincerely doubt there are a substantial
number of people on this campus who
have not gotten a parking ticket. For
some reason, Public Safety is all over
that serious problem. As soon as I
drive into Dorchester Circle to unload
my car, an expensive Public Safety
vehicle appears. I think it’s ridiculous
that I cannot leave my car in the circle
for a few minutes just to take packages
out of my car. I am not in training for
a heptathalon-I really don’t need to
know how many grocery bags I can
carry as I sprint (okay, maybe I don’t
sprint) walk quickly and determinedly
back to my dorm, or if it’s raining,
swim back through the attractive mix­ture
of mud and gravel. (This was the
alluded to action-packed segment; all
that’s missing is a few well-placed
“Yippee caiyea motherf—er’”s and
rilhweDiehardgomg onhere.) Soon,
all access by road will be cut off to the
dorms and we will swing by vines
directly into our rooms.
This survey brought to mind an
insightful question pertaining to...oh,
what was it? Wait, while I refer back
to my commentary; don’t let this small
interruption distract you from my ur­gent,
yet entertaining commentary
about..PARKING. (Notice that re­newed
sense of enthusiasm.) I still do
not understand exactly why resident
students can not park in the commuter
lot close to Somerset during the week­ends.
Precisely, who is commuting
here on Saturday and Sunday? (For
those of you who have been commut­ing
here on the weekend and sitting in
an empty classroom, I’m sure the ex­perience
has been very meaningful.)
At any given time, you may wander
casually outside and observe this so-called
commuter lot next to Somerset.
Has anyone actually seen all those 5
(count them a whopping 5) rows filled
by commuter cars? I understand that
commuters have trouble finding places
to park as well (I don’t want an angry
group of commuters trying to run me
down-although that certainly would
necessitate an action-packed sequel to
this commentary), I just think it’s ri­diculous
that I can’t park in an empty
parking lot during the days when no
classes are heldfor people to commute
to. I guess I’m just expecting too much;
I have the immense pleasure of dining
at Woods and here I am complaining
about not being allowed to park in an
empty parking lot. It’s not as if the lot
was designed specifically for the pur­pose
of parking or anything. I don’t
know what I was thinking; how fool­ish
of me.
Sadly, my commentary is now al­most
concluded. (Pleasecontinueread-ing
through your tears.) I feel much
better after sharing my anger with the
parking policies at SMC. (To fully
express my rage I filled out that vile
peach form with apurple pen— boy, do
those colors clash; I bet they’re sorry
they messed with me and my Toyota.)
Hopefully, you students out there that
did recieve the parking survey in time
filled it out. Maybe someone will actu­ally
read the responses and do some­thing
to improve the situation. In the
meantime, I will not hold my breath-unless,
of course, it rains a great deal
and my car is actually submerged in
Outer Hell. Hey, in the winter we will
actually get to watch hell freeze over.
Then our school bookstore could sell
T-shirts for coed naked ice hockey.
C a r e e r D a y
Wednesday, October 2 1 , 1 9 9 2
9 :3 0 -3 : 3 0
Lower Charles Hall
Legalization of drugs
(From DRUGS, Page 4)
urbs, the drug abuse problem takes
on two distinct faces.
The vast majority of children who
were bom into families receiving
governmental assistance, when they
have families of their own, will also
receive governmental assistance.
Similarly, the majority of girls bom
to teen-age parents will also be­come
mothers at an age below 19.
All of these problems are not unique
to, but widespread in the inner cit­ies.
Why? Although all children in
the United States have the right to a
free, public education. Unfortu­nately,
all public education in the
cities is not equal. Since many of
the parents in the inner city have
never experienced a high quality
education, they do not expect the
schools to increase standards. As a
result, the richer, suburban children
receive a finer education.
The effect of this is cyclical — the
people in the inner city will c ontinue to
get poor education, and the problems
inherent to the inner city will perpetu­ate.
Similarly, the students in the sub­urbs
will continue to have better
schools, and will not have the prob­lems
that the inner city has. What does
this have to do with drug use? Well, if
education in both the inner cities and
the suburbs were improved and made
equal, and rehabilitation centers more
easily accessed, the abuse of drugs in
both places would decline. Similarly,
inner city children would be free to
pursue the same opportunities and
privileges thateducationbecomes them
— the interface is gone.
This coupled with the decrimi­nalization
of mind-altering drugs
and the legalization of mood-alter­ing
drugs would prove to be a mile­stone
for the advancement and im­provements
of our cities and our
culture. You may think that if drugs
are made legal, then our society
would become a wanton vortex of
euphoric drug users. But the lesson
taught by the Prohibition acts of the
1920s disproves this. Within twenty
years of the legalization of drugs,
the problems of drug-related crime
and underground markets will wane.
Proof: When was the last time you
were approached by someone sell­ing
moonshine?
Look for delivery...coming soon
SPICE UP
YOUR DAY !
FROSTED
MARC A RITAS
MEXICAN *
DOMESTIC
BEER
i can
FIESTA HOUR Tuesday - Saturday 330 - 6 0 0 pm.
1/2 price appetizers S75 Drafts
$2 DO Margarita $L75 Mexican Beer
DINE IN-TAKEOUT
862-5620
San Soud Plaza
California. Maryland
Lunch Bulfet - Weekdays
11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
ALL YOU CARE TO EAT !
Let Us Plan Your Party
HOURS
M onday 1 1 0 0 a m — 2.30 p m
Tuesday thru T h u rsd a y 11 0 0 a m . — ? ‘0 o m
Friday and Saturday 11 0 0 a m — 9 *C p m
Su n d a y — Closed
Pt«C«l AijqusI 31. 199?

by Karen O'Neill
Parking Problems at SMC
Last week I received the Resident
Students Transportation Survey spon­sored
by the Tri-County Council for
Southern Maryland’s Regional
Rideshare Program and St. Mary’s
College of Maryland. This event was
particularly exciting for me as I am a
resident and occasionally I am trans­ported.
(Also, the survey was printed
on colored paper-an unattractive deep
peach shade.) As the form was to be
turned in on October 9th and I found it
on the 13th, I decided that my valuable
opinion might be submitted too late to
make a difference. So, I decided to
whine about the parking situation in
The Point News. (Aren’t you lucky? I
could have gone to the SGA. You ’11 be
begging for more after reading this
witty, action-packed commentary.)
Anyway, when I saw this survey I
(from GUILD, page 4)
be allowed to happen.
The Cinema Guild asks only that
the executive board treat us with the
same objectivity with which we have
treated them. Their actions have spo­ken
very loudly, and they say that they
have been dead set on smashing the
Cinema Guild from probably before
the schoolyear began, regardless of
increased studentinterest or how much
money we spend. The executive board
is not supposed to consist of selfish
was immediately reminded about my
frustration with parking at SMC (ac­tually
my roommate’s ranting about
the parking situation and the hideous
color of the survey paper reminded
me).Thesurvey asked profound ques­tions
like “Have you ever left campus
and returned to find no spaces avail­able
in your preferred lot?” Well, gee,
if everyone found spaces in their pre­ferred
lot, there would never be cars
parked in Outer Hell. (Sorry-thepark-ing
lot located conviently behind the
maintenance building. Valet parking
will be offered during the holiday
season for those of you who truly wish
to give rather than receive.) Person­ally,
I like parking in a lot eons away
frommy roomfor the low, lowprice of
$50. Perhaps, I should pay the college
more money for the added bonus of
connivers. Selfishness has no place in
a public office. They, and senators
who vote against the Cinema Guild,
are not at all acting in the public inter-est-
again, they were never asked.
Despite the outcome of the vote, the
CinemaGuild will notsimply lay down
and die, as the executive board seems
to think. Films for this semester are
already booked and paid for, and their
cancellation will adversely affect the
prices of both Film Committee and
TV-6 films. Since they were all pur-the
lot being as yet unpaved. I enjoy
driving through potholes the size of
the national deficit (I’ll never be on a
Toyotacommercial now; I have trouble
feeling anything after I accidentally
raced to Outer Hell at the life-threaten­ing
speed of ten miles an hour.) I
should think the obvious solution to
this problem would be BRICKS,
BRICKS, BRICKS. (Sorry, I couldn’t
help myself.) I’m going to leave the
security aspect of parking in that par­ticular
lot alone because ourcampusis
being professionally evaluated. (Of
course, the poor consultant may not
survive his descent into Outer Hell;
hope he didn’t eat lunch beforehand.)
Another probing question on this
survey was “Have you ever received a
parking citation on campus?” Proudly,
I checked off that Yes response. I
chased together, the school was able
to get a volume discount However, if
the volume lessens, so will the dis­count.
So, for this semester, at least, it
really is in “the best interest” for the
SGA to leave the Cinema Guild alone.
Let the Cinema Guild finish out the
year. If the Cinema Guild’s part of the
bargain is not filled by the end of the
year, there will be no fighting to keep
theclub. A deal is a deal. We’re adher­ing
to it. SGA, keep your end too.
sincerely doubt there are a substantial
number of people on this campus who
have not gotten a parking ticket. For
some reason, Public Safety is all over
that serious problem. As soon as I
drive into Dorchester Circle to unload
my car, an expensive Public Safety
vehicle appears. I think it’s ridiculous
that I cannot leave my car in the circle
for a few minutes just to take packages
out of my car. I am not in training for
a heptathalon-I really don’t need to
know how many grocery bags I can
carry as I sprint (okay, maybe I don’t
sprint) walk quickly and determinedly
back to my dorm, or if it’s raining,
swim back through the attractive mix­ture
of mud and gravel. (This was the
alluded to action-packed segment; all
that’s missing is a few well-placed
“Yippee caiyea motherf—er’”s and
rilhweDiehardgomg onhere.) Soon,
all access by road will be cut off to the
dorms and we will swing by vines
directly into our rooms.
This survey brought to mind an
insightful question pertaining to...oh,
what was it? Wait, while I refer back
to my commentary; don’t let this small
interruption distract you from my ur­gent,
yet entertaining commentary
about..PARKING. (Notice that re­newed
sense of enthusiasm.) I still do
not understand exactly why resident
students can not park in the commuter
lot close to Somerset during the week­ends.
Precisely, who is commuting
here on Saturday and Sunday? (For
those of you who have been commut­ing
here on the weekend and sitting in
an empty classroom, I’m sure the ex­perience
has been very meaningful.)
At any given time, you may wander
casually outside and observe this so-called
commuter lot next to Somerset.
Has anyone actually seen all those 5
(count them a whopping 5) rows filled
by commuter cars? I understand that
commuters have trouble finding places
to park as well (I don’t want an angry
group of commuters trying to run me
down-although that certainly would
necessitate an action-packed sequel to
this commentary), I just think it’s ri­diculous
that I can’t park in an empty
parking lot during the days when no
classes are heldfor people to commute
to. I guess I’m just expecting too much;
I have the immense pleasure of dining
at Woods and here I am complaining
about not being allowed to park in an
empty parking lot. It’s not as if the lot
was designed specifically for the pur­pose
of parking or anything. I don’t
know what I was thinking; how fool­ish
of me.
Sadly, my commentary is now al­most
concluded. (Pleasecontinueread-ing
through your tears.) I feel much
better after sharing my anger with the
parking policies at SMC. (To fully
express my rage I filled out that vile
peach form with apurple pen— boy, do
those colors clash; I bet they’re sorry
they messed with me and my Toyota.)
Hopefully, you students out there that
did recieve the parking survey in time
filled it out. Maybe someone will actu­ally
read the responses and do some­thing
to improve the situation. In the
meantime, I will not hold my breath-unless,
of course, it rains a great deal
and my car is actually submerged in
Outer Hell. Hey, in the winter we will
actually get to watch hell freeze over.
Then our school bookstore could sell
T-shirts for coed naked ice hockey.
C a r e e r D a y
Wednesday, October 2 1 , 1 9 9 2
9 :3 0 -3 : 3 0
Lower Charles Hall
Legalization of drugs
(From DRUGS, Page 4)
urbs, the drug abuse problem takes
on two distinct faces.
The vast majority of children who
were bom into families receiving
governmental assistance, when they
have families of their own, will also
receive governmental assistance.
Similarly, the majority of girls bom
to teen-age parents will also be­come
mothers at an age below 19.
All of these problems are not unique
to, but widespread in the inner cit­ies.
Why? Although all children in
the United States have the right to a
free, public education. Unfortu­nately,
all public education in the
cities is not equal. Since many of
the parents in the inner city have
never experienced a high quality
education, they do not expect the
schools to increase standards. As a
result, the richer, suburban children
receive a finer education.
The effect of this is cyclical — the
people in the inner city will c ontinue to
get poor education, and the problems
inherent to the inner city will perpetu­ate.
Similarly, the students in the sub­urbs
will continue to have better
schools, and will not have the prob­lems
that the inner city has. What does
this have to do with drug use? Well, if
education in both the inner cities and
the suburbs were improved and made
equal, and rehabilitation centers more
easily accessed, the abuse of drugs in
both places would decline. Similarly,
inner city children would be free to
pursue the same opportunities and
privileges thateducationbecomes them
— the interface is gone.
This coupled with the decrimi­nalization
of mind-altering drugs
and the legalization of mood-alter­ing
drugs would prove to be a mile­stone
for the advancement and im­provements
of our cities and our
culture. You may think that if drugs
are made legal, then our society
would become a wanton vortex of
euphoric drug users. But the lesson
taught by the Prohibition acts of the
1920s disproves this. Within twenty
years of the legalization of drugs,
the problems of drug-related crime
and underground markets will wane.
Proof: When was the last time you
were approached by someone sell­ing
moonshine?
Look for delivery...coming soon
SPICE UP
YOUR DAY !
FROSTED
MARC A RITAS
MEXICAN *
DOMESTIC
BEER
i can
FIESTA HOUR Tuesday - Saturday 330 - 6 0 0 pm.
1/2 price appetizers S75 Drafts
$2 DO Margarita $L75 Mexican Beer
DINE IN-TAKEOUT
862-5620
San Soud Plaza
California. Maryland
Lunch Bulfet - Weekdays
11:00 a.m. — 1:00 p.m.
ALL YOU CARE TO EAT !
Let Us Plan Your Party
HOURS
M onday 1 1 0 0 a m — 2.30 p m
Tuesday thru T h u rsd a y 11 0 0 a m . — ? ‘0 o m
Friday and Saturday 11 0 0 a m — 9 *C p m
Su n d a y — Closed
Pt«C«l AijqusI 31. 199?